Why does it look like Bill Belichic and the Pats pulled off the old rope a dope on John Elway and the Broncos? The Broncos could have let Talib go some where else and then landed Revis thereby really weakening the Pats instead they help the Pats upgrade their cornerback position. Had to be a calculated risk by Belichik knowing Revis would be available because the Bucs we're trying to trade him I would have loved to see the look on Elway's face when he found out the Pats landed Revis and they only had to give him a one year deal.

Why does it look like Bill Belichic and the Pats pulled off the old rope a dope on John Elway and the Broncos? The Broncos could have let Talib go some where else and then landed Revis thereby really weakening the Pats instead they help the Pats upgrade their cornerback position. Had to be a calculated risk by Belichik knowing Revis would be available because the Bucs we're trying to trade him I would have loved to see the look on Elway's face when he found out the Pats landed Revis and they only had to give him a one year deal.

wtf are you gloating about? Revis will be gone next year and then what? John Elway (and everyother NFL GM) doesn't give a **** about what the patriots did yesterday.

Why does it look like Bill Belichic and the Pats pulled off the old rope a dope on John Elway and the Broncos? The Broncos could have let Talib go some where else and then landed Revis thereby really weakening the Pats instead they help the Pats upgrade their cornerback position. Had to be a calculated risk by Belichik knowing Revis would be available because the Bucs we're trying to trade him I would have loved to see the look on Elway's face when he found out the Pats landed Revis and they only had to give him a one year deal.

Only had to give him a 1 year deal? Lol Revis is the type of player you want under contract for multiple years. 12 mill a season means if he plays well this year he will demand more for his next contract.

Broncos could have let talib go somewhere else... Lol well no **** Sherlock. How about you make some of these posts before the results?

Why does it look like Bill Belichic and the Pats pulled off the old rope a dope on John Elway and the Broncos? The Broncos could have let Talib go some where else and then landed Revis thereby really weakening the Pats instead they help the Pats upgrade their cornerback position. Had to be a calculated risk by Belichik knowing Revis would be available because the Bucs we're trying to trade him I would have loved to see the look on Elway's face when he found out the Pats landed Revis and they only had to give him a one year deal.

Why does it look like Bill Belichic and the Pats pulled off the old rope a dope on John Elway and the Broncos? The Broncos could have let Talib go some where else and then landed Revis thereby really weakening the Pats instead they help the Pats upgrade their cornerback position. Had to be a calculated risk by Belichik knowing Revis would be available because the Bucs we're trying to trade him I would have loved to see the look on Elway's face when he found out the Pats landed Revis and they only had to give him a one year deal.

Gronk I'd say only has about a 50/50% of staying healthy. He's played long enough through college and the pros we can see a pattern with him. It's not just bad luck, it's his body can't take how violent his game is.

I really don't get the point of 1-year contracts. Take Revis for example. Why not sign him for 3 years/36M? If he sucks or gets re-injured or something, cut him next February. It's the same as letting him go to FA after his contract is up. But if he is amazing, he's still under contract for another 2 years and you don't have to worry about him going to the highest bidder!

It's a good move for the Patriots. $12M for one year isn't an absurd price for Revis, and if he pans out, they can always franchise him next year and get him for a 2nd year. (The franchise tag would actually be less than he's going to make this year, since he's still the highest paid CB in the league, so his 2nd year would be a deal for the Pats.) I'm more surprised that Revis was willing to sign just a one-year deal. But New England had to make this move, had to. I think if they hadn't there might have been a full-scale mutiny. After the Broncos signed Talib (and before Revis) I told one of my co-workers who's a huge Pats fan that we were coming for Edelman next. You know, just to turn the knife a little.

It's a good move for the Patriots. $12M for one year isn't an absurd price for Revis, and if he pans out, they can always franchise him next year and get him for a 2nd year. (The franchise tag would actually be less than he's going to make this year, since he's still the highest paid CB in the league, so his 2nd year would be a deal for the Pats.) I'm more surprised that Revis was willing to sign just a one-year deal. But New England had to make this move, had to. I think if they hadn't there might have been a full-scale mutiny. After the Broncos signed Talib (and before Revis) I told one of my co-workers who's a huge Pats fan that we were coming for Edelman next. You know, just to turn the knife a little.

That's the point of this contract though. They can't franchise him when he's 'under contract'

The 2nd year terms of the contract are impossible, so it's a foregone conclusion he'll be cut (or restructured) But they can't tag him while under this (or any) contract. Ingenious really.

Media is slobbering all over the Pats ***** over this move and saying how they stuck it to Denver. We've made three top notch signings. They got a diva who is obsessed with being the highest paid player for 1 year.